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Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-rabbit
The fate of the world hangs in the balance. Well, maybe not the entire world, but the fate of Tottington’s annual Giant Vegetable Contest at any rate – which is a pretty big deal in Tottington, the sort of place where a chap may be judged by the size of his prize marrow, and a lady’s melons are not to be sneezed at. There is nothing these good folk fear more than a marauding lepus. So who you gonna call? ‘Anti Pesto’ of course, the humane rabbit control specialists, aka Messrs Wallace and Gromit. They can rid – and safely relocate – an entire field of cuddly vermin in seconds flat with their patented ‘Bunny Vac’. If only Wallace didn’t get it into his bonce to try to reform his floppy-eared foe by dabbling in a spot of ‘harmless brain alteration’…
Tom Charity 
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New York Times
The animation is a marvel... The world of Wallace and Gromit is one of the few genuinely eccentric places left in the movies, a place where lumpy, doughy characters achieve a peculiar dignity... Entertainment Weekly The movie rollicks with visual slapstick, puns, and drive-by joke-cluster bombs that fall on young and adult viewers alike with such good aim... USA Today Charming and droll with shrewdly chosen voices.... An adorable exercise in whimsy... Members' ReviewsReviews Voted Most HelpfulMost Recent Reviews |
I have a confession to make. I thought Chicken Run was disappointing. In fact I’ll go further. I thought a lot of it was mediocre: too many bad puns, not enough real character, wit or dramatic energy. (I guess it’s hard to give depth to a chicken.) You might want to bear that in mind when I say that Nick Park’s second feature-length claymation movie is the funniest film I’ve seen all year. Successfully morphing a peculiar Little England tradition of gentle self-mockery with such classic horror tales as Frankenstein, Dr Jeckyll and Mr Hyde, King Kong and of course The Curse of the Werewolf, it’s an endlessly inventive piece of work worthy of Wallace himself.
In short, Wallace & Gromit fans are in for a treat: the exciting story easily sustains itself over an 85 minute running time, and Park & co find unexpected but entirely appropriate ways to enrich and unhinge this already well-loved comedy duo. Even the introduction of Brit flick royalty Helena Bonham Carter and Ralph Fiennes turns out to be an inspired touch. With laughs flowing thick and fast from first frame to last, The Curse of the Were-rabbit promises to become a firm family favourite.